mack4ever Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 this is what we get. Nieuwe Volvo FH-serie ziet levenslicht (+video en foto's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 you have my sympathy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadGrrrl Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Would be nice with a set forward axle for pulling double 48s in the states and turnpikes that allow them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumFenil Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 It is nice truck. Now such trucks are well know brand of roads. These trucks are being sold in more than 43 countries and also considered as heavy duty trucks on highways. It supports strength and durability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 you have my sympathyMine as well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Well guys.... don't knock it 'til you try it...!!!FH16 XL 750hp.... as the Brits would say... "it's the dogs bollocks"Two different standards... N America and Europe.... different roads, vehicle lengths and weights....Would it work over here??? well, there is thought at Volvo, MAN and Daf (Paccar) to do just that. From what I read there is interest in allowing longer trailers here and even steerable combination trailers to optimise new cubic demands from light weight high volume shippers and you will need a cabover to remain withing legal length requirements.Will it happen, big maybe... it's all down to the big freight guys, dollars/profit and of course the lobbyists and their closely tied legislators. Will the trucker be included in the discussions?... most likely not. Figure on 'cab shrinkage' being part of fuel mileage gains.Volvo USA have got a bad rap, do they deserve it? I say yes.... and not because I'm a Mack owner but by analasis of their poor USA performance and product to date. Improvements are coming as an offshoot of the FH program, it is a long derivitive of the F88/89 program of the 60's which, in its time, was the king of Europe and the middle east (sorry Scania fans) which then begat the F10/12.Am I biased?, as a cabover guy who started out with this F88... you decide..!!!BC Mack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullfuel01 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 do they make any for men? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 do they make any for men? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilburner Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 It is proberly a great truck, easy to drive and easy on the driver, but dang what ever happen to style, They could make it look a little better, i mean some people would say cabovers are ugly and they would not drive one, but the old f model macks and the mh are really sharp old trucks, look at the older trucks like the k 100's and the old freightliners, man they made some good looking trucks, i look at that thing and thank, who thanks that is a good looking truck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Congratulations Leon!I'm shure a brand new truck is a perfect money maker. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadGrrrl Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 There is indeed a market for shorter BBC trucks here- for example the Dakotas allow doubles but have a 110 foot overall length limit, so you'd need a cabover or short conventional to pull double 48s. In Michigan the loggers prefer a truck and trailer combination, but with the 70 foot length limit and a conventional they have to pile the logs higher than they like... Another potential market for a cabover. In overlength permit loads like wind turbines, the truckers that haul them are complaining that the Titan pushes them over the 95 foot threshold where escorts are required. Put an FH cab on a thoroughbred Mack chassis with build-to-order options and Mack would have a small but profitable market. Add a shorter BBC Titan and they'd add a bunch more profitable sales. Heck, they could turn the Titan into a whole model line of custom built ultra heavy duty trucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!wrote a long reply and the 'puter swallowed it and sent it into cyber-somewhere... supposed to copy before sending, just-in-case, right!!!anyway... here are the two videos I added to show EU "concept" steerable trailers currently in test awaiting legislation... cubic optimisation within legal length laws. Rather than the Ozzie road-train or our Canadian Super B's these are designed for tight EU roads, lane width and roundabouts etc.BC Mack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41180 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 cabovers will never catch on here in north america again. we prefer style over function . we load alot of canadian flatbed haulers with logs and almost all of them have peterbilt 389 or kw w900. with 250 to 280 wheelbases and a huge gap between trailer and truck. they have all kinds of trouble getting into log landings 15 yrs ago the canadians were running more practical trucks . its the same with dump truckers around my area. half of them have big long nose paccars and 15 or 16 liter engines in there tri axle dumps. so they loose a couple tons of payload to have a "cool " large car truck. to haul 69000 lb gross weight on a triaxle in vermont its crazy to me again 15 yrs ago you didnt see this . it just seems dumb to me . but hey its a free country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Well, they are here.......... 60ft trailers for Walmartpilot project in Ontario....BC Mackhttp://www.trucknews.com/news/walmart-canada-unveils-first-of-its-kind-supercube-trailer/1001824268/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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